Lordiala flapped his golden wings, sweat streaming. This is impossible. Too soft, and Lucien kills me. Too hard, and even my allies shield him. What kind of cursed opponent is this?
His roar cracked. "Catch alive, catch alive!!"
Dozens of Martial Soul Hall Soul Emperors surged up with protective skills ringing.
But a dragon's roar blotted out their chant.
BOOM—!
An azure dragon spiraled in, crushing its shadow across half the courtyard. Slithering beside, a purple serpent hissed lightning, scarlet tongue flashing.
Lucien blinked, even he surprised. "…What the? Dragon Snake couple??"
Martial Soul Hall faces turned ashen. Why more?
Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang landed, lion-rods in hand.
"Lu Yuan is our grandson-in-law!" Meng Shu growled. "Touch him, and you fight us as well!"
Everyone: "….."
Lordiala staggered. "…What? Again?!"
First Chenxin called Lucien his inheritor. Then Dugu Bo declared him grandson-in-law. Now even Dragon Snake couple?
Does every granddaughter on the continent belong to him? Is he the national grandson-in-law?!
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Dragon and Snake Dance!"
Dragon and serpent intertwined, morphing into a giant azure monster that whipped through the courtyard. Poison clouds erupted, tails shattering the air, Martial Soul Hall Soul Emperors flung away like rag dolls.
"Trash fish!" Meng Shu bellowed. "Leave the chores to us, boy. You aim higher."
Lucien tilted his jug, grinning. "You're reliable, old man."
Sword Qi screamed as Lucien's blade lashed out — not at the Contra before him, but at the handlers restraining Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang. Two arcs sliced across, forcing them to block. The two girls flickered free instantly, sprinting back to his side.
Lucien laughed, raising his weapon at Lordiala. "Feathery bastard, today I pluck your wings!"
"Damn you…!" Lordiala flared his eighth ability, Chi Yan Golden Eagle, radiance searing like dawn. But even then, Lucien's body blurred into dozen arcs of black Sword Qi, his blows rattling Contras backwards, sparks bursting.
"Still a Soul King?! It's—it's too much!!" Lordiala gasped. And he's getting stronger as he fights… that black aura, what IS it?
Above, gods still battled. Chenxin's Seven Kill Sword trembled the city, Yue Guan's golden chrysanthemum exploded meteors, Dugu Bo's poison seas clashed against Ghost's void illusions. The sky itself cracked with power.
Below, Soul Emperors screamed under the Dragon Snake couple.
And all of it was because of a youth with five rings, half-drunk, laughing like a demon.
Zhu Zhenyuan's legs nearly gave. One boy… pulled all this into my house?
Davis muttered weakly, "Father-in-law… there are more coming…"
Indeed, two more streams of power surged, neat formations of disciplined spirit masters. Two Contras at their head; imperial Star Luo Martial Soul Temple divisions arriving.
A scout sprinted breathless from the palace:
"Your Majesty commands! Martial Soul Hall has broken rules, provoked battle in Star Luo capital. Suppress them by force… to preserve the Empire's prestige!!"
The Zhu courtyard rang with explosion after explosion, like gods waging war above a confused mortal estate. And amid it all, Lucien smirked over his jug.
National grandson-in-law? Good. More wine for me everywhere I go.
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